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 THE DIALECT OF W. ATJSTKALIA.

��The Plural numbei' is indicated by adding the numerals, but all beyond three are bula, ' much,' ' many.' The words for human beings add -man, or -arra, or -garra to form the plural ; man is an abbreviated form or man-da, 'altogether,' 'collectively.' Woi'ds ending with a vowel take -man; those ending with a consonant take -garra; as, kardo, 'a husband or wife,' j;/if., kardo-man; yago, 'a woman,' ^;?tt., yago-man; djuko, ' sister,' ^;Z^t., djuko-man; mammul, ' son,' ^;Zi6., mammul- garra; gulag, ' a child,' ;;??(., gulag-garra.

Declexsiox of a ISToux.

�� �Yago, 'a woman.'

� � �Singular.

�Plural.

�Nom.

�Yago

�Yago-man

�Gen.

�Yago-ak

�Yago-man-ak

�Bat.

�Yag-ol or Yago-al

�Yago-man-al

�Ace.

�Yago-in

�Yago-manin

�Ahl.

�Yago-dl

�Yago-man-al

��The Ablative means ' with,' ' by means of.'

Examples: — ^Yago maiak-al yugau bar dag a, 'a woman came to the house'; n'y agga yago-ak wanna, ' that is a woman's staff'; gadjo marain yago-al yogaga, 'I gave flour to a woman'; gadjo yago-in djinnag-ga, ' Isaw a woman'; budjor yago-al bianaga, ' the ground was dug by a woman.'

The commonest and most useful nouns are : —

��Time, Weather, &c.

Cloud — m ar-gabbi.

Comet (meteor) — binnar.

Darkness — maiart.

Dawn — waulu.

Daylight — birait.

Lightning— babbag-win.

Mid-day — m aly a r u k.

Moon — raiki.

]Moonlight — mikag.

Rain — gabbi ; moko.

Sky — gudjait.

Stars — gan-gar.

Sun — gan-ga.

Sunshine — monak.

Thunder — raalgar.

To-day — aiyi.

To-morrow — morogoto ; binag.

Yesterday — mairh-ruk.

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��Elements.

Air (wind) — mar. Earth — budj or. Fire — kalla. Water — gabbi.

Seasons.

Spring — jilba. Summer — birok. Autumn — burnuro. Winter — ma g-goro.

Individuals.

A man — mammarap.

An old man — windo.

A young man — gulambiddi.

A woman — yago.

An old woman — Avindo.

A young woman-

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